What happens to a rape victim when she seeks help on the streets of Beirut?

When I watched ABAAD‘s latest video I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

I was shocked, disgusted and saddened to see our society’s response to a young girl’s call for help, a girl who was crying in the middle of the street, claiming to have been raped.

Unfortunately, instead of getting help and support, she was judged, blamed, and stained with the worst kind of insults.

I just can’t believe that in 2018 we are still a male chauvinist society, that it is easier for us to blame a girl for getting violated than point the finger towards the real criminal, the rapist.

Watch the video:

The only good thing is that the girl in the film was an actress, the awful thing is that people’s reactions are real.

Being a dad myself to a little girl, I just can’t believe that soon my daughter will be facing similar vultures in her daily life as an adult. Society should not be tolerant of these type of behaviors.